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Is Hemp Oil Beneficial for You?

By Caroline

This controversial crop has been demonized and defended for at least 80 years in the US due to political factions, special interests, and downright suspicion.

Hemp has been called a plant of “major economic importance” as it grows like a weed, every bit of this ancient plant is useful and valuable, and not just for rope but for textiles, auto parts, cosmetics, dynamite, supplements, food, and medicine.

Valued since ancient times as a fiber source for textiles, the hemp industry eventually made it to the US, where it flourished in the mid-1800s, through World War I and again briefly during World War II, when the war cut off supplies of fiber.

CBD vs THC

Image from LeafScience

There is a difference between hemp and pot.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s (U of M) College of Biological Sciences and College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences belong to one of the few groups of US scientists that have been granted federal clearance to study cannabis.

As noted by Medical Daily, after more than 12 years of research, the team found a single gene that is responsible for the genetic differences between hemp and marijuana.

“While hemp produces a non-euphoric cannabidiol (CBD) with approximately 0.3 to 1.5 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration, marijuana is packed with between five to 10 percent (or even higher) psychoactive THC concentration.”

The cannabis plant makes cannabinoids, also known as phytocannabinoids or plant cannabinoids. This encompasses both CBD (Cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).

THC is the psychoactive component of marijuana; it’s the molecule that makes you feel “stoned”. While cannabidiol (CBD) also has certain psychoactive properties, it does NOT produce a high. By legal definition, hemp cannot have more than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in it. So to summarize: It also contains less than 0.3 percent THC, which means it cannot produce a high or get you stoned.

THC has limited clinical use due to its unwanted psychoactive side effects. This is the main reason why interest in CBD which is non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids has increased in recent years.

Where THC is known for its sleep-inducing effects, CBD appears to promote wakefulness instead.

How did Hemp Get Such a Bad Rap?

According to Dr. Mercola, American industrialists led by newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst (who owned vast timberlands) and DuPont executives, who’d begun processing petroleum and wood for plastics, became disgruntled by the way hemp cut into their market shares.

A 1994 Vegetarian Times articledescribes the group’s devastatingly successful tactics for twisting the public’s perception of hemp:

“The plan? Whip the public into a frenzy over ill effects of marijuana, the psychoactive leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; the reputation of the fibers and seeds used by industry would be posing little threat to society emerged as the ‘assassin of youth.’ The strategy worked. In 1937, with virtually no warning, Congress announced a prohibitive tax on hemp, effectively ending the production and sale of the plant in the United States.

“The effects of the ban on growing hemp were widespread. Polluting, nonrenewable petroleum products replaced hemp lubricants and paints and oil… From that point on, hemp was viewed solely as an illegal drug; its role in constructing our national economy was forgotten.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is still trying to suppress it as best they can. In December 2016, the DEA announced cannabidiol (CBD) is being reclassified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, putting it on par with LSD and heroin, even though CBD has no psychoactive component. It cannot render you “high”. TreeHugger’s article nailed it: “US Missing Out On Agricultural Millions Because The DEA Can’t Distinguish Hemp From Pot”.

In the US, the cultivation of hemp has been banned since the 1970s when the federal Controlled Substances Act took effect. The law doesn’t distinguish between marijuana, the drug, and hemp, the plant, despite major scientific differences.

The US is the world’s largest consumer of hemp products, yet ironically it is the only industrialized country that also outlaws its production. US hemp products – a more than $600-million market in the US – are imported.

Cannabinoid Receptors Exist Throughout Our Bodies

The human endocannabinoid system — endo meaning “within” — strongly suggests the human organism is actually designed to make good use of the cannabis plant.

Cannabinoid (CBD) receptors are found throughout the body, primarily in the immune system and the structures associated with healthy immune functioning, among many other functions and body systems. The endocannabinoid system plays a key regulatory role in the human body. For example, there are endocannabinoid receptors in the nervous system, where cannabinoids are made locally on demand. What this means is that in your nervous system, you have sending nerve cells and receiving nerve cells, and the endocannabinoid system works with those cells to maintain balance.

The primary role of the endocannabinoid system is to bring homeostasis to tissues and biological systems. Thus, the endocannabinoid system plays a key regulatory role in the human body.

The marijuana plant triggers something that’s been inside us since the dawn of mankind.

Benefits of Hemp Oil

According to many doctors including Dr. Margaret Gedde, a Stanford-trained pathologist and award-winning researcher, Cannabinoids may:

Reduce pain and inflammation

Reduce nerve stimulation causing seizures

Reduce muscle spasm and pain by relaxing the muscles

Helps relax and improve sleep

Helps improve gut function

Improve digestive function from disorders such as colitis and inflammatory bowel disease

Relieves nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy

Help with glaucoma by reducing the intraocular pressure

Helps normalize blood pressure

Reduces anxiety

Helps with Post-traumatic stress

Helps support immune system to fight cancer and tumor

Helps support blood sugar regulation

Promotes cardiovascular health

ProjectCBD.org is a great site that has done a ton of research. Look up Conditions under Guidance page to search what you are looking for.

Several scientific reports demonstrate CBD’s benefits. Studies published in show that cannabinoids possess anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects and they are known to interfere with tumour neovascularization, cancer cell migration, adhesion, invasion and metastasization.

A 2006 study published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics found for the first time that CBD potently and selectively inhibited the growth of different breast tumor cell lines and exhibited significantly less potency in non-cancer cells.

Not only does the research show that CBD benefits including being effective in fighting breast cancer cells, data also suggests that it can be used to inhibit the invasion of lung and colon cancer, plus it possesses anti-tumor properties in gliomas and has been used to treat leukemia.

Safety and side effects study in NCBI suggests that controlled cannabidiol administration is safe and non-toxic in humans and animals. It also does not induce changes in food intake; nor does it affect physiological parameters like heart rate, body temperature or blood pressure. Also, according to this review paper, “high doses up to 1,500 mg/day of CBD are reportedly well tolerated in humans.”

There are very few potential side effects of CBD, these are mostly minor but you should be informed before taking CBD.

CBD can interact with a series of pharmaceuticals

Dry mouth

Increased tremor in Parkinson’s patients

Low blood pressure

Lightheadedness

Drowsiness

It is a given that you should consult with your health care practitioner. Without minimizing the side effects, it may be worth placing them in perspective to gain perspective. For instance, although inhibits the activity of some liver enzymes called cytochrome P450, so can eating a portion of grapefruit have a similar effect on the aforementioned liver enzymes. Also, although research suggests that CBD taken in high doses may worsen muscle movement in Parkinson’s disease sufferers, there are studies that suggest that CBD is safe and well-tolerated by people effected by this disease. Perhaps dosage is a factor. Perhaps dosage is also a factor in drowsiness. CBD is typically a wake inducing agent.

Typically this ancient plant provide benefits without hurting any of the organs such as the gut, liver or kidneys or invasive side effects of pharmaceutical medications such as Ibuprofen or pain medications.

A LeafScience.com articlenotes other benefits:

Anticonvulsant – may help with reducing seizures and other neurological disorders

Most Effective, Fast, Absorbing Hemp Oil

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Liposomal means that high quality oils are used to encase the delicate hemp oil extraction.

Liposomal delivery brings the power of intravenous therapy into convenient oral delivery. Typical absorption of Cannabidiol oil is poor, with only about 10% uptake in the GI tract. Liposomal encapsulation of compounds similar to Cannabidiol have been shown to increase absorbtion five-to ten- fold. Our pharmaceutical-grade LIPOSOMAL Cannabidiol outperforms other products thanks to smaller, more stable, single-layer spheres made from the highest-grade ingredients available.

The advanced technology behind this groundbreaking liquid delivery system makes for precise dosing and immediate effect. It’s up to 10x’s MORE ABSORBING than other oils!

Liposomal delivery methods encapsulate the incredibly tiny Nano size particles to increase absorption of this natural, premium compound making it significantly more bioavailable to the body.

Compared to Other CBD Oils on the Market

This liposomes bring the power of intravenous therapy into convenient oral delivery. Unlike other liposomes on the market that use low grades of phospholipids, which breakdown and do not deliver compounds effectively, this high-phosphatidylcholine phospholipid mixes are smaller, more stable, and tightly distributed, single-layer spheres. The vesicles are small enough to begin absorption as soon as they hit your mouth; it’s lightning fast!

This pharmaceutical-grade Nano-Enhanced Hemp Oil outperforms the leading pharma brand thanks to smaller, more stable, single-layer spheres made from the highest- grade ingredients available, which has shown to increase absorbtion by 5-10 fold.

In a test against cannabinoid uptake results, published by a leading pharma brand, our liposomal hemp oil was absorbed in the blood in amounts three times as great at half the dose.

Hope you found this information helpful.

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